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Kevin Gosztola: Undercover FBI Agent Tried to Get Activists to Send Money to PFLP, a US-Designated Terrorist Organization

By Kevin Gosztola  Dissenter, FireDogLake.org  February 28, 2014 Graphic made by activists targeted in FBI raids to raise awareness around their case. (from StopFBI.net) Alleged evidence the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used to obtain search warrants for raids on the homes of antiwar and international solidarity activists in the midwestern United States were unsealed. The More

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500 Years of History: Mass Spying Always Aimed At Crushing Dissent

It’s Never to Protect Us From Bad Guys Above: James Otis arguing in court in Boston in 1761 against the Writs of Assistance, general search warrants that allowed British authorities to search colonists at will.  Otis lost before the King’s courts but many see the seeds of the American Revolution in this case.     By Washington's Blog   January More

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Glenn Greenwald> US detention of Imran Khan part of trend to harass anti-drone advocates

US detention of Imran Khan part of trend to harass anti-drone advocates The vindictive humiliation of Pakistan’s most popular politician shows the US government’s intolerance for dissent Glenn Greenwald  guardian.co.uk  Sunday 28 October 2012 10.06 EDT Imran Khan, centre, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, with party’s supporters. He has led a high-profile campaign against US drone strikes. Photograph: More

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Glenn Greenwald> US detention of Imran Khan part of trend to harass anti-drone advocates

US detention of Imran Khan part of trend to harass anti-drone advocates The vindictive humiliation of Pakistan’s most popular politician shows the US government’s intolerance for dissent Glenn Greenwald  guardian.co.uk  Sunday 28 October 2012 10.06 EDT Imran Khan, centre, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, with party’s supporters. He has led a high-profile campaign against US drone strikes. Photograph: More

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